…I had an ongoing issue with bad journalism. I feel like the quality of many mass media outlets has really gone downhill. During lockdown, I was on my computer way too much, reading all sorts of “news” from a variety of sources. I now present to you…the contents of my “Shitty Headlines” folder.
Again, these are all real, legitimate headlines I saw online. Some from the likes of CNN and other well-known media giants that should definitely know and do better.
Here’s a thought: Buy a Buffalo nickel! Boom. Collection started.
I’m sorry…the what?
I can go save one with the contents of my liquor cabinet right now. There’s hope, guys.
If you say so. Biden won Michigan by 2.78% and lost Mississippi by 16.54% in 2020, so I’m not really sure what I was supposed to be watching for there.
There is no toilet race. I mean, I’m sure there is somewhere. But not in a macro sense.
Okay, these aren’t actually terrible. But I don’t think I have ever seen a “nimble tortoise.”
Yes, because the global pandemic had no effect on other demographics.
So insightful, this one. Really nailed it. I mean…they weren’t wrong.
First, I don’t believe for a second that she doesn’t wear pants. Jeans? Yoga pants? Sweats? Come on. But even if that were true, I’m fairly certain that she’s not broadcasting the motivation behind her slacksless existence to a tabloid columnist.
Did she play polo on the donkeys? Because that would be kind of impressive.
I looooooved the juxtaposition of these two headlines. Nobody notice this? Really? And lastly, I give you perhaps the worst headline I have ever seen. I’ll give them credit for even trying, but communicating this degree of information with these words in a headline is…I’m not even sure what to call it. This one made my brain hurt:
I AM HERE FOR CONTENT!
I really can't pick a favorite bad headline here.
Please I beg of you, write a novel with some of these gems woven into the tapestry of fiction.
(Hey, bad headlines deserve bad sentences. It goes hand in hand)
There had got to be a story somewhere with a nimble turtle, or the Great Toilet Race, or Polo Playing Donkeys....
What do you have against goats enjoying lollipops!!! Poor goats 🤣🤣